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Heard an inspector say half the torque values on the line were off by 15% last week
I was in the break room at LAX when I overheard an inspector telling a lead that someone checked 20 fasteners on a 737 and 10 were under torqued. Nobody's owning up to it yet but the lead just said 'we'll handle it quietly.' Has anyone else seen this kind of thing get swept under the rug at their station?
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umathompson26d ago
Did they actually document that or is it all just word of mouth? Honestly that sounds like a safety issue that's way too big to just ignore.
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Hang on, are you sure it was 10 out of 20? Cause I've heard that number floating around but the guys I know on the line said it was more like 8 out of 20, and they were only off by a hair, not the full 15%. Not saying it's no big deal, but 15% on a fastener isn't always the end of the world depending on the part, it can be within a lot of those old Boeing service bulletins. Still, any kind of pattern like that needs eyes on it, and I'd be surprised if the lead just whispered it away without at least logging it for the next shift. Take it from someone who runs a shop with a dozen guys, if you don't write it down, it never happened, and that's how little problems turn into big ones.
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